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Clifton Webb (1889–1966)

Already trained in dance and theater, he quit school at age 13 to study music and painting. By 19 he was a professional ballroom dancer in New York, and by his mid-twenties he was performing in musicals, dramas on Broadway and in London, and in silent movies. His first real success in film came in middle age as the classy villain Waldo Lydecker in Laura... See full bio »

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Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination See more awards »

Known For


Filmography

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1962 Satan Never Sleeps
Father Bovard
 
1959 Holiday for Lovers
Robert Dean
 
1959 The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
Mr. Horace Pennypacker
 
1957 Boy on a Dolphin
Victor Parmalee
 
1956 The Man Who Never Was
Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu
 
1954/I Woman's World
Ernest Gifford
 
1953 Mister Scoutmaster
Robert Jordan
 
1952 Stars and Stripes Forever
John Philip Sousa
 
1952 Dreamboat
Thornton Sayre/Dreamboat/Bruce Blair
 
1951 Elopement
Howard Osborne
 
1950 For Heaven's Sake
Charles/Slim Charles
 
1946 The Dark Corner
Hardy Cathcart
 
1930 The Still Alarm (short)
 
1925 The Heart of a Siren
Maxim
 
1925 New Toys
Tom Lawrence
 
1924 Let Not Man Put Asunder
Maj. Bertie (uncredited)
 
1920 Polly with a Past
Harry Richardson (uncredited)
 
1917 National Red Cross Pageant
Dancer, The Pavane - French episode
 
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1952 Stars and Stripes Forever (performer: "My Love Is a Weeping Willow" - uncredited)
 
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1949 Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (composer: song "Mr. Belvedere")
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1954 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #8.1 (1954) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
1961 The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (video documentary)
Himself
 
1953-1957 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1914) Stage: Appeared (as "Clarance") in "Dancing Around" on Broadway. Musical revue. Music by Sigmund Romberg and Harry Carroll. Book and lyrics by Harold Atteridge. Musical Director: Oscar Radin. Music orchestrated by Oscar Radin and Frank Saddler. Music arranged by Melville Ellis. Additional music by Jack Judge and Jean Gilbert. Additional lyrics by Harry Williams. Scenic Design by P. Dodd Ackerman, H. Robert Law, George Williams and James Surridge. Train effect by Lincoln J. Carter and Thomas A. Morris. Costume Design by Melville Ellis. Lighting Design by Nick Kronyack. Choreographed by Jack Mason. Directed by James C. Huffman Winter Garden Theatre: 10 Oct 1914- 13 Feb 1915 (145 performances). Cast: Fred Bates, Rita Bates, Phil Branson, Eleanor Brown, Berti Burwell, Marie Caldwell, Dorothy Cameron, Hazel Cameron, Jack Carlton, Frank Carter, Jean Crane, Cecil Cunningham, Olive Dale, Aimee Dalmores, Jeanne Dare, Harry Davis, Mae Dealy, Ethel Dennison, Harland Dixon (as "Lt. Tommy"), Kitty Doner, Ted Doner, James Doyle, Bert Dunlap, Doris Easton, Melville Ellis, Verne Fitzpatrick, Earle Foxe (as "Lt. Robert"), Joy Gardner, Effie Graham, Bernard 'Bunny' Granville (as "Lt. Hartley"), Bessie Gray, Mabel Grete, Estelle Hadden, Agnes Hall, Grace Hall, Irwin N. Hardy, Ruth Heil, Olga Hempstone, Caroline Hennessy, Rita Hernbrook, Katherine Hill, Mabel Hill, Natalie Holt, Howard Johnson, Katherine Johnson, Al Jolson (as "Monsieur Jean / Gus"), Ethel Kinley, Margie Kivel, Gladys Lang, Fred Leslie, Lester Lewis, Helen Lorraine, Mildred Manning, Helen Marche, Ruth Maybee, Marion McDonald, Mary McDonald, Eileen Molyneux, Marion Mooney, Dorothy Moran, Lotta Morse, Dorothy Nita, Helen O'Day, Peter O'Neill, Georgia O'Ramey, Marjorie Palmer, Catherine Perry, Lee Phelps, Mai Poth, Queene Queenen, Dorothy Quinn, Harold A. Robe, Mary Robson, Violet Rochlitz, Clint Russell, James Simpson, Gladys Smith, Raymond Smith, Alice Van Ryker, La Vina, Al Walton, Lucy Weston, Peggy Whitney, Harry Wilcox, Genevieve Wilmont, Charles Wilson. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. See more »

Publicity Listings:

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Height:

5' 11" (1.80 m)
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

In 1925 Clifton appeared on stage in a dance act with vaudeville star and silent film actress Mary Hay. Later that year, when she and her husband, film star Richard Barthelmess, decided to produce and star in their own film vehicle New Toys, they chose Webb to be second lead. The movie proved to be financially successful... See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio